Xanderl
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Not always very high value in terms of ticket yield or donations
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Post by Xanderl on Oct 24, 2019 10:27:16 GMT
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Xanderl
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Not always very high value in terms of ticket yield or donations
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Post by Xanderl on Jan 19, 2020 13:02:53 GMT
Quite enjoyed this, although I think it would have been better if it had been cut down to about 90 minutes rather than 2.5 hours with interval
Interesting premise - group of people are running a support and advice line, lots of the usual stuff about office politics, the new work experience kid, who's making the coffee etc, but this is against a backdrop of an unspecified massive environmental catastrophe going on outside. So they all arrive at work wearing gasmasks, you get occasional references to what is going on outside (eg one of the team is pregnant, and it's clear this is a rarity), and of course the phone calls they are getting are from people worried about the end of the world.
Reminded me a bit of Annie Baker's work. But TBH I found there were too many scenes of one-sided support phone calls and bonding games between the team, which all blended into one after a while.
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Post by perfectspy on Jan 24, 2020 1:27:16 GMT
I saw this play and also felt it was over long. A tight 90 minutes may have been better. Despite liking the play, I had felt some of the scenes we’re familiar.
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Post by zackpolanski on Jan 30, 2020 10:35:59 GMT
I didn't see this play in Plymouth but saw the (partly) new cast in Plymouth.
I absolutely loved it. I'm massively interested in environmental issues - and loved how this play didn't dwell on those questions but was about the human interactions and relationships that our society will eventually lean on even more.
We were front row seats and it felt really intimate with lovely performances.
The writing is great - there's a couple of threads that don't develop as much as they perhaps could - but I'd also be keen to see it again because I suspect there was a fair bit of nuance I missed.
Characters often talk over each other so there's a lot going on but it's not a play where every word is vital. You always know exactly what's going on.
Really lovely piece of theatre.
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